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we need more students studying math and studying science. and we must fully embrace the rich diversity of asian americans. in my congressional district, for example, we have chinese mericans, taiwans, koreans and filipinos. 95 countries of origin represented within the 39th congressional district. i have long consulted with my constituents to better understand developments abroad and many of my constituents are active in trading and investing in asia, which is a source of our national wealth. last congress, i sponsored legislation to make it easier for state universities in california to teach strategic languages, such as chinese, so our students are better equiped to do business and conduct diplomacy overseas. i'm a strong advocate for increasing the number of visas to foreigners who received advanced degrees in science, technology, math. in the u.s., 76% of all egistered patents from the top - from the top 10% producing universities. they come from foreign students, foreign students here in the u.s. who then become inventors. these foreign
we need more students studying math and studying science. and we must fully embrace the rich diversity of asian americans. in my congressional district, for example, we have chinese mericans, taiwans, koreans and filipinos. 95 countries of origin represented within the 39th congressional district. i have long consulted with my constituents to better understand developments abroad and many of my constituents are active in trading and investing in asia, which is a source of our national wealth....
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but we can still make progress even if we debate the science. we should do things that allow all of us to use less energy. energy efficiency is good, regardless of what fuel source you use. it creates jobs for the folks -- folks out of work in the home construction industry, doing retrofits for commercial and residential buildings, it saves families money and saves businesses money. there's an enormous amount of advocatecy -- advocacy on both sides of the aisle to do this practical, commonsense step. it will have an incidental benefit as well of reducing carbon emissions. even as we have an unresolved debate about the science of climate change, let's take practical steps that are good for jobs, good for the economy and good for saving taxpayers money. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the time of the gentleman has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from colorado rise? >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. >> mr. speak
but we can still make progress even if we debate the science. we should do things that allow all of us to use less energy. energy efficiency is good, regardless of what fuel source you use. it creates jobs for the folks -- folks out of work in the home construction industry, doing retrofits for commercial and residential buildings, it saves families money and saves businesses money. there's an enormous amount of advocatecy -- advocacy on both sides of the aisle to do this practical, commonsense...
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not because of lower chinese wages, but because china has decided to make a robust science and health care funding a national priority. in other words, the chinese are copying the secrets to our success, things that help our economy grow, things that are slashed in the republican budget and i say slashed, yeah, because they cut that portion of the budget by more than two times the sequester. that's a fact. so, we're talking about competing with the chinese or the indians or the europeans or anybody else who's out there, one of our global competitors, let's not allow them to borrow the secrets of our success while we're ignoring them here at home. and now i yield two minutes to a terrific new member of the budget committee, someone who's been focused in leading a lot of our anti-poverty efforts, ms. lee of california. the chair: the gentlelady from california is recognized for two minutes. ms. lee: thank you, mr. chairman. let me thank our ranking member for your tremendous leadership and for yielding. and also to chairman ryan for a very spirited markup. i rise in strong opposition to
not because of lower chinese wages, but because china has decided to make a robust science and health care funding a national priority. in other words, the chinese are copying the secrets to our success, things that help our economy grow, things that are slashed in the republican budget and i say slashed, yeah, because they cut that portion of the budget by more than two times the sequester. that's a fact. so, we're talking about competing with the chinese or the indians or the europeans or...
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yet the budget proposed drastic cuts to research at the national institutes of health, the national science foundation, the national err naughtics and space administration, among others. as -- err naughtics and space ad-- arow naughtics and space -- a; eronautics and space administration as aamong others. you cannot turn on and off research like a faucet. under the majority's budget that valuable research will be ended and it's important -- and these important discoveries will probably not be made in the united states. the majority wants to impose such cuts on top of the cuts contained in the sequester, even though this effects of the sequester are just beginning to be felt. for example, in the coming weeks, airport control towers will begin to close affecting flight schedules and stranding travelers, and many of these towers are low cailted in the rural parts of our country where there are no other alterntives for long distance travel. in addition, border patrol agents will be furloughed, which not only affects security but the success of our economy. according to the congressional budget
yet the budget proposed drastic cuts to research at the national institutes of health, the national science foundation, the national err naughtics and space administration, among others. as -- err naughtics and space ad-- arow naughtics and space -- a; eronautics and space administration as aamong others. you cannot turn on and off research like a faucet. under the majority's budget that valuable research will be ended and it's important -- and these important discoveries will probably not be...